cdist-type__process(7)
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Nico Schottelius <nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org>


NAME
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cdist-type__process - Start or stop process


DESCRIPTION
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This cdist type allows you to define the state of a process.


OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
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state::
    Either "present" or "absent", defaults to "present"

name::
    Process name to match on when using pgrep -f -x.

    This is useful, if the name starts with a "/",
    because the leading slash is stripped away from
    the object id by cdist.

stop::
    Executable to use for stopping the process.

start::
    Executable to use for starting the process.


EXAMPLES
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# Start if not running
__process /usr/sbin/syslog-ng --state present

# Start if not running with a different binary
__process /usr/sbin/nginx --state present --start "/etc/rc.d/nginx start"

# Stop the process using kill (the type default) - DO NOT USE THIS
__process /usr/sbin/sshd --state absent

# Stop the process using /etc/rc.d/sshd stop - THIS ONE NOT AS WELL
__process /usr/sbin/sshd --state absent --stop "/etc/rc.d/sshd stop"

# Ensure cups is running, which runs with -C ...:
__process cups --start "/etc/rc.d/cups start" --state present \
   --name "/usr/sbin/cupsd -C /etc/cups/cupsd.conf"

# Ensure rpc.statd is running (which usually runs with -L) using a regexp
__process rpcstatd --state present --start "/etc/init.d/statd start" \
    --name "rpc.statd.*"
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SEE ALSO
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- cdist-type(7)
- cdist-type__start_on_boot(7)


COPYING
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Copyright \(C) 2011-2012 Nico Schottelius. Free use of this software is
granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).
